People have been mining platinum and gold, and many other precious minerals from underneath our earth's surface for thousands of years. These …
The Gold In The Earth's Core Could Cover The Earth In A Knee-High Layer
People have been mining platinum and gold and many other precious minerals from underneath the surface of our earth for thousands of years. These activities may have depleted some of these minerals in some places, but scientists recently discovered that the earth indeed has enormous amounts of these deposits, especially those sitting close to the earth's core. This happened as early meteorite gold and mineral showers bombarded the earth's core during its formation.
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